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...Which is exactly what Riau province is, in a way. Roughly the size of Taiwan, the area has become the focus of a green-versus-green tussle pitting environmentalists trying to protect Indonesia's disappearing forests against a fast-growing alternative-energy business. Palm oil, a byproduct of the oil-palm tree such as those being planted in Riau, is used for cooking and as a food additive. Growing it has long been a big business in Southeast Asia. But it can also be used in the production of a relatively clean-burning alternative fuel: biodiesel. As oil prices have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Green Monster | 11/28/2007 | See Source »

...most basic traffic laws - motorcyclists regularly ignore red lights and pull into traffic without so much as a glance around. Not only do teenagers talk on mobile phones while driving, they can increasingly be seen sending text messages, eyes darting back and forth between the road ahead and their fast-tapping fingers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion Police vs. Traffic Police | 11/27/2007 | See Source »

...Unger into the game as the clock ran down, sending the captain to the scorer’s table with around a minute left. But there were no more stoppages of play until the final whistle, so Unger didn’t get to enter the game. FAST START Playing to its strengths, Harvard created turnovers and ran the fast break early on in the game, seizing a couple of leads and keeping the game close for the first half. The first points of the game came on a layup off an outlet pass from junior guard Drew Housman...

Author: By Ted Kirby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Captain Unger Looks Ready To Return | 11/26/2007 | See Source »

Three years ago, Henry Sidel, 39, traded the fast track of vodka imports for sake. The former Brooklyn Brewery general manager and marketing director of Millennium Import started Joto Sake, an import firm, with $250,000 in equity and a personal lust for the drink. "More sake is sold in the U.S. than French champagne," he says dryly, sitting in his warehouse office in Manhattan. "People think of sake as a niche category...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Divine Import | 11/21/2007 | See Source »

...Terriers began the game by challenging Harvard to skate to their fast style of play, and while the Crimson’s players did manage a few open shots in the beginning, they frequently struggled to maintain possession of the puck...

Author: By Robert T. Hamlin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Tops BU in Overtime | 11/21/2007 | See Source »

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